The Sassy Stampers

Vellum….Very under-used!

2012-03-02T11:00:00.000Z

Well as it says - Vellum, very under-used. And it is…well in my craft stash this is.

The card I have here today rectifies that. Well in a small way that is. I’m starting small and will work my way up to something a little bigger.

The card base is pool party, with a whisper white mat, followed by a Lucky limeade mat which I have punched the corners on using the Scallop Trim Corner punch. I used the fabulous Charming Stamp set from the current mini catalogue to stamp the stem in Basic Grey on the Lucky limeade mat.

Using the same stamp (once I had cleaned it) I inked it up using my In Color marker sin Lucky Limeade and Pool Party (love Pool Party!!!), and stamped onto the piece of Whisper White cardstock. I then inked up the Inspire, Create, Share stamp from the same set in Basic grey and stamped this over the top.

On a piece of Velum cardstock I re-inked and re-stamped my stem image and secure this to the Whisper White with some Mini Silver Brads.

I added a little of the Pool Party ruffled ribbon behind this and mounted it onto some Basic grey cardstock. This was then added to the middle of the card using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I hope you liked my little creation today?

Check ack soon for more ideas.

Happy crafting!

My new QR Code!

2012-02-28T18:37:00.000Z

QR code, I hear you ask! What’s that then?

Quote…..

“QR or Quick Response Codes have been around since 1994 and were originally used to track parts during car manufacture. It is likely you have seen one, even if you didn’t know what it was, usually displayed as black and white squares in a grid pattern reminiscent of a crossword. Essentially QR Codes are a barcode capable of holding significantly more information (thousands of characters as opposed to tens).

Around October 2010 they became a popular tool to quickly link smartphone users through to web pages, provided the phone had a relevant reader installed. Creating your own code is fairly simple with a myriad of free to use generators available, though initially the various options can be slightly overwhelming.”

So, it’s a bit like a barcode that you can scan with your smartphone (iphone, android etc) My QR code allows you to sign up to my mailing list at the scan of your phone.

So if you want to sign up to my mailing list my QR code can be see below or on the right hand side of this blog. Give it a go…..

If you want to read more about the QR code you can do so here on Wikipedia.

Thanks for signing up.

Facebook v Twitter

2012-02-28T07:29:00.000Z

Facebook..Social networking - a way to keep in touch.

I succumbed to Facebook as I felt it would be a great way of keeping in touch and updating lots of people about Stampin’ Up! I also have a Twitter account too.

It’s funny though as most people are either Tweeter’s or FB Fans. Me? I’m a little from column A and a little from column B on this one.

When it comes to Twitter, I do love neatness of it. 140 characters. That’s it, short, sweet and to the point. I can add pictures, links to other things, tweet about what's going on and what i am doing in short bursts of information. Excellent use of limited time.

But with a Facebook Page I can put in more information, still add photo’s along with other stuff like video (this is on my 101 crafting things left to do list). I can also add event’s like my classes to it so anyone can see and join my events.

Both have their plus and minus’s as does blogging but all of which allow me to keep in touch with you, my followers. I love knowing that you are out there and checking in with me.

So if you’re a FB Fan or a Twitterer, check out my links, befriend, follow or like to your hearts content. I’d love to see you on there soon.

https://www.facebook.com/SassyStampers

https://twitter.com/#!/TheSassyStamper

Let me know if you have a FB page too so I can pop along and see you!

Back Soon

Carry on Crafting……

Scrap Class

2012-02-27T11:13:00.001Z

I know, I am sorry. I did promise to post some photo’s from the Scrapbook class last Monday. It’s been such a busy week that I overlooked it. So I am today making sure that I post them up for you and get some more projects ready to post up about later this week.

I hope this fins you well today? It’s a little cloudy as I sit here writing this post. Nothing like the warm weather we have had over the weekend. Without the wind you could have been forgiven for thinking it was summer!

As you may know or may have read previously my classes have a new home. I always ran my classes from home of an evening. This has always worked well, but as my 2 little ones are getting older and we are moving home I wanted to get a more permanent home for the classes so that even after I have moved I could continue to see my crafty girls. Alas, no crafty guys just yet, but here’s hoping that I may get one or two attend someday soon.

I planned a Scrapbook class for my girls around the Tea Time Simply Scrapping kit

This kit is just fabulous, and the girls had a lot of fun making their pages. I made sample pages for them to copy along with a tutorial giving them all the cutting sizes for the Photo mats etc. The reason my pages are so simple is because I encourage my girls to step up their pages with their own designs. Their creative personality shows through the way they embellish and add to their pages. It also allows me to learn different looks and styles through my girls.

Here they all are ready for the girls to start…

This is the Art Room with have at the Harrow Arts Centre. I laid the tables out ready for my girls, they even had a Big Shot station, a punch station and a stamping station so that they could have plenty of play space on their own area to spread out.

Now I must just show you this, and it is one of the reasons why I absolutely fell in love with the room……

Isn’t that window just gorgeous? I love the fact it’s such and old building and that the art block stand proudly on it’s own. Shame the view is the back of Morrisions but hey ho, can’t have everything can we?

I am sorry but as we were chatting and creating so much on the day I did get to take any pictures of the girls pages that they made. Next time I will take some!

If you would like to buy the tutorial for the Tea Time Scrapbook Kit Scrap Class, I will be posting it on my blog soon.

I have a card class this Thursday (1st March), so if you fancy joining in, please do get in touch to book your place.

Keep Crafting & Happy Scrappin’

2012-02-24T17:57:00.000Z

Current Class Dates

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Thursday 1^st March 2012, 7:30 – 9:30pm – Card Class - £15

Sunday 11^th March 2012, 10am – 3pm – Stamp a Stack Card Class - £15

Sunday 15^th April 2012, 10am – 3pm – Scrapbook Class - £25

*All classes include a product goody bag with everything you need for the class plus more to take home*

Call 07825 655 044 or email sassystampers@gmail.com to book

Scrap class tomorrow.

2012-02-18T11:59:00.001Z

Wow, I'm so excited about the scrap class tomorrow. It's the first one of 2012 and it's in the new venue too.

The Harrow Arts Centre is a stunning venue in Hatch End, Middlesex and to quote their website....

"Elliott Hall was built in 1904 and was the assembly hall to a much larger, but sadly demolished, building of the Royal Commercial Travellers School. It is named after B. G. Elliott, one time pupil and scholar at the RCT, who was President of the Committee tasked with the funding and building of the hall.

After the closure of the school in 1967 the site was purchased by Harrow Council to house Harrow College of Further Education and St. Teresa's School and Elliott Hall became a listed building in 1983.

An arts venue has been operating on the site since 1988. Harrow Council has been managing Harrow Arts Centre since 2007."

You can find out more about the Harrow Arts Centre by visiting their website here

The class runs from 10am - 3pm and we are going to be making 4 layouts using the Tea Time Simply Scrappin' kit and along with some lovely embellishments. I'll post some pictures up on Monday for you to see.

Until then, have a good weekend.

Bookmarks….Save me a spot

2012-02-14T14:13:00.001Z

I do like a good book. Even with my Kindle app on my iPhone, I still like to pick up a proper book to read. There's something about curling up holding a book, the smell of the paper, whether it be a new book or a comfy favourite old one. And for a book you should have a book mark, and what better than to have one that you have made yourself?

Now even if you don’t read lots of books then there is really only one book that you should have a bookmark for and that is your very fabulous Stampin’ Up! Catalogue!

Well a little while ago I made a whole batch of bookmarks for my catalogue launch party and I realised that I never got around to showing them.

Aren’t they fab?

I made an Early Espresso backing that was edged using the Scallop Trim Border punch, and attached a Whisper White Panel in front. I punched out a 1 3/4 circle in each of the 5 new 2012/2013 in-colors and arranged those on top.

Using the very versatile Circle Circus set i stamps and image in each of the in-colors, punched these out and glued them directly onto their corresponding circles.

And Early Espresso tab was added to the top and a hole punched through using my Crop-a-dile just did the trick to thread through my Early Espresso Scallop Edge ribbon.

Very easy and no self-respecting Stampin’ Up! catalogue should be without one!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

See you soon.

Last Minute Valentine?

2012-02-13T11:39:00.001Z

So have you made your Valentine their card yet? No? Don’t worry, help is at hand here.

I have a couple of very quick makes for you. I'm not sure yet which one will be for my hubby

So first up is this no stamp card. I used the Stampin’ Up! Bigz Scallop Square Clear Die to cut the background out of Cherry Cobbler.

The mat is Whisper White Cardstock which I have embossed using the totally gorgeous Vintage Wallpaper Textured Impressions Embossing Folder which i then adhered directly to the base.

I punched 2 hearts from Real red Cardstock and folded these in half to use at the back of the Red Glimmer Heart that I die cut using the Scallop Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die. now the die will not emboss the glitter card so that you can see it but I wanted to use this hear as it has the beautiful scallop edge. Attach the 2 folded hearts to the back of the Scallop heart and stick directly on to the Whisper White mat.

A little Basic Rhinestone just finished it off nicely. At the back (sorry I did not get a photo) I attached a whisper White 4” x4” card to write a message in.

So, next up is this wonderful card that again has used the Scallop Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die.The base is Cherry Cobbler cardstock which has been spritzed using a mix of Champagne Shimmer Mist with rubbing alcohol in a fine mister bottle and then spritzed on. I have softened the edges with a sponge dauber and Chocolate Chip Ink.

The greeting comes from the Delightful Dozen set and is stamped in Cherry Cobbler onto Very Vanilla. I punched a small heart out and added it over the little heart on the greeting.

The dotty paper is from out Mocha Morning Speciality papers and the ribbon is the gorgeous Soft Suede striped Grosgrain. I tied it in the middle which gives it that pinched look under the hear.

Well I hope that this has given you an idea for your Valentines Card ready for tomorrow.

Carry on Crafting.

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Be a Virtual Host or Hostess

2012-02-06T14:29:00.000Z

Being A Virtual Host/Hostess in a Crafters 10 is a fantastic way tobuild up your Stampin' Up! collection, spread the costs and BENEFIT as a hostess withouthaving an actual party at your home.

Whether you are a cardmaker or scrapbooker there is something for everyone within our catalogue.

Here’s how it works:

When you host an actual workshop you need:-

to hold a party within your home
to invite your friends round for a fun-filled evening
to find a mutually aggreable date to hold your party
a minimumof £150 in sales to qualify for £25 of hostess benefits.

But.....

As a Virtual Hostess within a Crafters 10 group, itbecomes much easier....

• In a Virtual Hostess Group there are 10 members. There is no party or dates to organise with others.

• The club runs for ten months.

• Each member agrees to spend a minimum of £15.00per month.

• Each month a different club member is chosen tobe the host or hostess.

• You do not actually have to host a workshop athome – it’s like having a virtual party. If you want to you can have a realworkshop or get orders from your friends too the month you are hostess andboost your sales.

• When it is your turn to be the hostess you areguaranteed to receive minimum of 25 Hostess £'s to spend in the catalogueeither on exclusive Hostess Sets and Accessories or from anywhere else in themain or mini catalogues.

You also get a free copy of the current catalogue . And some months you may also find something extrafrom me just to say thanks in your parcel!

By joining my Virtual Hostess Club you get thechance to spread the cost while building up your Stampin' Up! collection, andstill being able to enjoy the free benefits. It’s that simple.

All orders are shipped to me and I distribute themto everyone in the group.

If you are interested or would like more detailsthen please contact me at sassystampers@gmail.com

Hostesses will be chosen in the order inwhich they contacted me.

Hobbycrafts Show Day 4

2012-02-06T10:05:00.001Z

Well we all managed to get back to the Hobbycrafts Show at Bluewater, Kent again today despite the snow. The main roads from Bromley where I was staying with Pat and her family were pretty clear. After the car had been cleared of snow we set off taking a slightly longer route to get on the A2 (I think) to head towards Bluewater.

After a slight wrong turn we were back on track as we turned into another road to see a badly damaged car in the road in front of us. It had skidded and hit a lamppost and been left.... Or so it had seemed!

Next thing the doors opened up and both the driver and passenger got out amongst lots of steam or smoke and as we pulled along side we saw both airbags had been deployed! Luckily they were both OK and were in the care of a passerby who'd seen the accident. If we had been a minute earlier it could have been us and not the lamppost that they hit!

Once we had arrived we still arrived with 15 mins to spare. So we got a cuppa to warm up and set us up for the day.

We had a lot of laughs during the day and a fair few die-hard crafters who braved the elements to come see us.

Our Make and Take for the day was designed by Annette. I had a go at making it and you can see it here....

At last today I finally got to take a picture of our stand in full. It looked fabulous. Kim & Shirley had done such a sterling job of settling up in the freezing cold on Wednesday. With all the little bits we each added I think you'll agree it was such a wonderful and inspiring stand.

I'm sorry I didn't get to blog more but we were very busy over the weekend and I didn't have such a good signal in the building to be able to do more updates. That and we were very busy most days meeting all the lovely ladies and gents too that stopped by to see us.

Take care and Happy Crafting!

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Hobbycrafts Show Day 3!

2012-02-04T22:53:00.001Z

A little tired today, well this morning anyways. It's been busy and we've met some wonderful crafters and newly converted crafters. We've even had a couple of the guys have a go.

I've been staying with Pat and her family. They have been so much fun to stay with. Pat has been such a sweetie bringing me a cuppa first thing in the morning. I don't even get that at home!!

The day was much busier with many stopping by for the make and take and getting to know about Stampin' Up!

Due to the threats of snow today it did wind down around 4:30 with only a few hardcore crafters still stopping by. This did give me a chance to have a go at today's Make and Take which was designed by the lovely Kim. I love the little bit of bling from our Basic Rhinestones.

Well as I finish this post I'm sitting here at Pat's house watching the snow fall. I hope if you are coming tomorrow you do take care out in the snow. Please pop by and see us. It's been really fun seeing you all.

Im just hoping that we don't get too much snow over the next 24 hours as I do need to get to me family too. I'm missing the little ones and my youngest did ask when was I going to be back to give her cuddles. Bless her.

Take Care

See you soon

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Creative Stitches & Hobbycrafts Show

2012-02-03T22:00:00.001Z

This is the first event I have done of this size. And it a new venue for the show too. If you know the Bluewater Shopping Centre and didn't realise this was on try and pop along. Not only do you get the shopping centre to browse around you can more importantly drop into the Hobbycrafts show.

Now if you do get to come along I'd love to see you! Just ask for me, Elaine, on the Stampin' Up! Stand and introduce yourself. I love meeting my blog readers.

I have a couple of pictures for you too! I have found this really cool app for my iPhone that allows me to watermark my photos on my phone so now the only excuse for not blogging is no Internet or 3G signal!!!

Here is the make and take of mine that our customers got to make on Friday. It's based on a design from the Peterborough training that I went to recently. It uses the wonderful Create a Cupcake stamp set and Cupcake builder punch. I really love this set and will be making some more cupcake bits to show you very soon.

I've taken a couple of photos of some of our display items too. First up is my Wteath made with the Soft Suede striped grosgrain ribbon, the Spice Cake Designer Fabric and co-ordinating cardstock.

I attached the ribbon and the flowers all using very carefully hidden pins. That way when I fancy a change I can undo it all and use those bits on another project!

To finish off tonight just a couple of pictures of part of the stand. If you want to see more pop along to see us. Failing that, pop back very soon for some more pictures. ...

Take care & Happy Crafting!

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Hobbycrafts Show–Project Sneak Peeks

2012-01-31T11:00:00.000Z

As promised here are a couple of sneaky little peeks. If you want to see them properly, you’ll need to stop by our stand BB30 Stampin’ Up! or wait until next week when I shall blog them for you.

I’m also going to try (if the 3G reception is good there) to blog update you during the day….well maybe not during as we hope to be very busy but maybe at the start or end of the show.

So here are your sneak peeks…

Back Soon – Happy Crafting

A new theme…

2012-01-30T11:40:00.001Z

A new blog theme and background! So do you like it? I love it.
I did like the old one but something just wasn't right with it. I couldn’t make up my mind what it was and in the end I realised it was too busy looking for me.
I don’t spend much time looking at my blog, I’m usually sitting in the back here writing my posts for all you lovely blog followers and readers out there so when I did go to look at my blog I just didn’t feel it was giving off the right feel for my personality.
So back to the lovely Angie I went and asked her if she would be happy to rework the whole look from scratch again! Thankfully Angie is such a sweetheart that it was no problem at all and this time I knew more what i wanted.
Now whilst the design isn’t Stampin’ Up! the colours are, well as near to the RGB codes that I could find on the web for them. There are some very lovely people out there that had already done the hard work there and so I said to Angie I wanted to go with Pink Pirouette, Early Espresso and Lucky Limeade. I fancied a little Owl this time and I even gave into a couple of flowers. And in true Elaine style some bling! I love the little rhinestones down the scallop edges and the swirl rhinestones in the headers. They so remind me of our wonderful Basic Rhinestones.
At the side of my blog is a contact button for Angie. So if you have a little old blog of your own that you feel would like a little refresh go ahead and contact her. She would love to hear from you. And if you do get her to update your blog please leave me a comment on this thread and I will pop a little mention on here for you.
Well that’s it for now, I’m still very busy making sure I have got all the bits ready for the Hobbycrafts show that I am doing this weekend coming at Glow Bluewater Events Venue, Kent. Please be sure to pop by and say hello if you are coming. You’ll find Pat, Kim, Annette and myself there all set to show you some fabulous projects. I’ll give you a couple of sneak peeks later.
Happy crafting….

Join…..

2012-01-24T23:59:00.000Z

Sale-a-bration is one of my favourite times of the Stampin’ Up! year along! It is a brilliant time to earn free stuff and we all love free stuff don’t we?

Well now is no different – join my team now and not only will you get your starter kit for just £119 (Over £230 goodies) but you can also choose any current stamp set for FREE!!!

When you join Stampin’ Up!, you join through another Demonstrator and if you choose to join my team during Sale-a-Bration I will also give you an additional Stamp Set of your Choice from the main Idea Book and Catalogue. Thats nearly £330 of goodies for just £119! How amazing is that?

You can be a Hobby Demo (just buy for your self at a discount) or be a Business Demo. Whatever you choose, will be the right decision, because I will help you tailor it around you.

Want to know more? Drop me a line and lets have a chat.

Are You Ready To Earn Free Stampin’ Up! Product?

2012-01-24T16:23:00.001Z

That’s right – Free product!!! It’s Sale-a-Bration time again!

From January 24th through to March 31st, Stampin' Up! will be celebrating with Sale-a-bration.

Customers will earn free product for every £45 in merchandise they purchase. This includes purchases from the Mini Catalogue as well as the Idea Book & Catalogue.
Hostesses have an opportunity to earn even more free product for workshops with more than £150 in sales (as will individual orders for over £150 in merchandise!)
Become a Demonstrator. Sign up as a Demonstrator with me during Saleabration and choose an extra Stamp Set worth up to £44.95 For FREE!! The Demonstrator Starter Kit is discounted to £119 - over £290 worth of product and it ships free!
If you want to start your own business and take advantage of Sale-A-Bration for early sales, or just get your crafting goodies at a big discount - now is the time!

If you haven't received your copy of the Sale-a-bration brochure, contact me today. I'll be happy to arrange to get one to you.

You can find the catalogue Downloads here.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me

Happy Crafting,

ILWS Mini/SAB Pre-order Swap

2012-01-19T09:54:00.000Z

One of the benefits of being a Stampin’ UP! Demonstrator is being able to order a selection of upcoming products before they are released to you my lovely readers. How brilliant is that? If you want to know more or would like to become a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator please get in touch and I can show you how.

So, as I was saying we get to have pre-order items from our future catalogue. Back at the end of November we received the news that we would be getting our new Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-Bration catalogue in the new year and we could pre order some fabulous products in preparation for that.

One of my Fellow Demo’s, the lovely Pat, organised a swap using only products from those two catalogues. Ten of us took part and sent Pat 10 of the same card. She then sent 1 of each persons back to us.

I used the Spice Cake DSP which I got on a massive 20% bundle that consisted of:-

Spiced Paisley Wood-Mount Set or Spiced Paisley Clear-Mount Set

Spice Cake Designer Series Paper

Spice Cake Designer Fabric

Spice Cake Designer Buttons

Wow!!! 20% off all of that!

And here is my submission. Now I do have to admit that the Spice Cake has really grown on me. I love the way the colours go together so well and the Pool Party just pops out at you!

I used the INSPIRE, CREATE & SHARE stamp from the Charming stamp set and the flowers are from the Spiced Paisley set. I added and antique brad to the centre of the larger flower and mounted it on Stampin’ Dimensionals

A small piece of Pool Party cardstock sits just behind the DSP which has been edged with the Scallop Trim Border Punch.

Now I am not sure if you can see it very well but the Inspire stamp panel has been spritzed with the Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint. I mixed a few drops with some 70% rubbing alcohol in a fine mister that I got from a pharmacy.

I hope you liked my submission. I had a lot of fun putting them together.

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Post it note holder

2012-01-14T11:48:00.000Z

Here’s a fab project to make. Desktop Post it Note holders. Although I am sure you could very well put memo block paper in there to keep by the phone to make notes.

I just knew when I saw it I had to make a batch of them. I gave some of my children's teachers them as little Christmas Presents.

The papers are from the Hostess Designer Series Papers called Cheerful Treat. I just love the colours in these papers.

I’ll be back with another project soon.

Join me at the Hobbycrafts Show, Bluewater

2012-01-11T09:09:00.000Z

That’s right, this coming February myself and 3 other wonderful Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators are going to be at the Hobbycrafts Show at Bluewater, Kent.

We’re going to have a stand full of all that is Stampin’ Up! Goodness including a free make and take, a free prize draw and some wonderful displays and demonstrations.

You will also be able to order our wonderful products including from our new 2012 Mini Catalogue (maybe even earning some free gifts), sign up as a demonstrator or purchase a catalogue.

The show starts on Thursday 2 February and runs for 4 days! That’s right 4 whole days – you could come back and see us every day!!

So what are you waiting for, go book your ticket and join us for a fabulous creating experience!

I can’t wait to see you!

Hello….

2012-01-10T14:35:00.001Z

Well Hello there!

I don’t know about you but sometimes I just like to make cards with a little…..less.

A little less bling, a little less layers, just a little less. So when I put together this card for you all to see, that’s what I did.

The card base is Old Olive with a Whisper White matting layer. I stamped the image and sentiment stamp from the wonderful Easy Events stamp set in Staz On Black and then water-coloured the image using my blender pens and ink pads using Old Olive, Daffodil Delights, Soft Suede and Crumb Cake.

I punched the image out using a circle punch and mounted it directly onto the decorative scallop circle from the Perfect Pennants Die.

I hope you like it. I’ll be back soon with more fab projects.

Back Soon

Elaine x